A/n I'm sorry it's been a week, BUT i was waiting for 30 reviews. I didn't get them: / Also, this piece of work has only been changed a little bit by me, and it belongs to the fantabulous whitecrossgirl, and her equally fantabulous story A Very Merlin Musical. Go and check her out!
Arthur had decided it was time for his nightly Merlin watch. He settled down into bed and made sure to hide his teddy (pugsy) when his father came in to bid him good night. Uther looked pale and sick. Arthur watched him leave the room, half sure he would collapse. I can't believe was worried he would kill me. It's his death I should be worried about; not mine. Morgana did this. Arthur thought savagely. She will pay. Evil sorcerer.
Yet if sorcerers' were so evil, why was Merlin tucked up in bed right about now, about to have some crazy dream, instead of in the cold dark dungeons beneath the castle? Why had Arthur allowed him to live a few more days than he would have if it had been anyone else? Maybe he would find that answer in tonight's dream.
_The song reveal part 1_
Arthur arrived to find himself in his own bedchambers. It didn't take long to find his dream self, who had a very laughable expression on his face, one of surprise.
"You have magic?" dream Arthur asked.
"Yep, I was born with it." dream Merlin replied casually. Arthur snorted. Even Merlin's dream self had more guts than him!
"How can you be born with magic?" dream Arthur asked and Merlin shrugged.
"Just was," Merlin replied. "You're taking this rather well." Wait...born with magic? And with this thought the clogs in Arthur's brain began to turn. If Merlin was born with magic, that made him a warlock, not a sorcerer! His father had never said anything about them! The young prince started to feel some hope of reviving their old friendship, the one he had abruptly ended the last time he had seen his servant.
"Because I don't believe it. You cannot have magic. You're…you're Merlin!" dream Arthur replied in an incredulous tone. Arthur knew that the exact same thoughts were going through his dream self's head as the ones he had had himself when he'd found out. That this had to be a joke, some late April Fool's Day joke that Merlin cooked up and got everyone else in on. But Arthur couldn't deny it because he had seen it for himself, and soon so did dream Arthur. Dream Merlin looked at dream Arthur and without speaking conjured up a fireball in his hands. Dream Arthur jumped back in shock.
"Are you going to kill me?" dream Arthur asked. Dream Merlin cocked an eyebrow and laughed. Arthur rubbed his temples. I'm getting mocked by Merlin, of all people. Pull yourself together, dream me!
"If I wanted you dead I'd honestly have killed you years ago with all the chores you make me do." dream Merlin joked. Huh? As if answering Arthur's thought (dream Arthur was still gaping) Merlin continued. "Not all magic is evil. Hmmm... now how do i explain this to someone with your level of intelligence?" Merlin pretended to sigh.
Jaunty, lively music filled the air, a kind neither Arthur had never heard before
"I guess I'll have to spell it out in song. Now, pay attention, dollop head!" and with that dream Merlin started to sing. Yes, sing. And not the annoying, out of tune Ealdor songs he annoyed Arthur with on hunts, but something that went a little bit like this:
"Well Nimueh's magic maintained the balance between the living and dead
Morgana's evil magic messed with our heads
But Arthur you're in luck 'cause all along
You've got a source of magic which never fails
You've got a dragon lord in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is say the word
And I'll say: Prince Arthur, sir
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me!" Dream Merlin claimed; jumping up and singing. As he sung dream Merlin began casting spells, making various objects fly around and tidy themselves up. Dream Merlin cancelled the spell and turned to the dumbstruck dream Arthur. It was hard to know which shocked him more; the fact Merlin had magic or the fact that he could sing! But Arthur had other things to be dumbstruck about. Dragon lord? Merlin (dream or not) couldn't be a dragon lord. All the dragon lords were dead, and so were the dragons. He would know, he'd slaughtered the last one himself! Hadn't he?
"Life is full of magic
And I've the most powerful in the world
C'mon whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me!" dream Merlin insisted and broke off singing to grab some parchment and a quill; ready to take down any orders dream Arthur had. All in jest, of course! After he got over seeing himself being made fun of by his cheeky manservant, Arthur pondered his words. Is he really the most powerful warlock in all the world? The person I used for target practice just a few days ago?
Dream Merlin continued
"Yes sir, I pride myself on service
To Druids I'm the boss
The king, Emrys
Say what you wish
It's yours! True dish
Let me show you how!" dream Merlin claimed. As he mentioned the Druids; he finally got a reaction out of dream Arthur; and Arthur had the same one. Merlin was King of the Druids? Out of everything he had said so far that seemed the most insane. Yet for all Arthur knew Merlin really was this Emrys bloke; whoever he was. The King...
"Have some of column "A"
Try all of column "B"
I'm in the mood to help you dude
You ain't never had a friend like me!" dream Merlin sang as he did create two columns in the middle of the room; one consisted of various foods and the other of gold and fabulous jewels. Dream Arthur gawped at them but then Merlin's eyes flashed gold and they vanished. Tease Arthur thought half frustrated and half amused, as he watched his dream self dive into the middle of the room, and shook his head.
"Can your friends do this?" Merlin asked as he rose into the air.
"Do your friends do that?" Merlin asked as he easily levitated Arthur's desk without touching it.
"Do your friends pull this out their little hat?" Merlin quizzed as he produced a bunny rabbit from nowhere and set it on the bed.
"Can your friends go, poof?" dream Merlin insisted as he turned himself invisible.
"Over here! Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make themselves disappear?"As he yelled 'disappear' dream Merlin made himself reappear directly behind dream Arthur causing him to jump and yell. Dream Merlin laughed as dream Arthur stumbled back into a chair and dream Merlin continued singing.
"So doncha sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed-
I'm here to answer all your midnight prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a sorcerer to deal with your affairs
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So what's your wish? I really wanna know
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
Well, all you gotta do is say the word and I'll go
King Arthur, sir, have a spell or two or three
I'm on the job, you big clot pole
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never... had... a... frieeeeend liiiike MEEEEEEE!" dream Merlin claimed as he made everything fly around once more as he kept a long high note at the end. With another flash of gold; everything righted itself. The objects returned to their normal place and he sat down in front of the shell-shocked dream Arthur and grinned at him.
"You ain't never had a friend like me!" dream Merlin claimed and waved a hand in front of dream Arthur. "Arthur are you alright?"
Dream Arthur attempted to speak but it seemed that dream Merlin's revelation had rendered the prince completely and utterly speechless for the first time in his life. Dream Merlin got up; picked up the conjured bunny rabbit and walked out of the room where Gwen and Gwaine were waiting.
"How'd he take it?" dream Gwen asked as Merlin handed her the bunny and she stroked it's fluffy fur.
"Hard to say; I don't know if the song helped." dream Merlin replied.
"Well for what it's worth; you can hit a decent high note." dream Gwaine shrugged and the three of them wandered down the corridor debating a name for the bunny. They decided to call it fluffy.
As dream Arthur flopped down onto the bed in exhaustion, the real Arthur stood in his own doorway, thoughts chasing each other around his head whilst he watched them.
Dragon lord...Most powerful magic in the world...the King of the druids...Emrys.
_END OF PART ONE_
A/n Part two will be up as soon as i get past 30 reviews, I promise! I just couldn't resist naming the bunny fluffy xD Please review :)